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work was displayed and an address by 

 Gifford Pinchot, Forester of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, was enthu- 

 siastically received and followed by an 

 interesting discussion . The attitude dis- 

 played was one fully in favor of forestry, 

 and a special committee on forestry 

 drew up the following report, which 

 was unanimously adopted by the Asso- 

 ciation : 



' ' We recognize the wisdom of our 

 government in establishing the Bureau 

 of Forestry, and commend to all lum- 

 bermen a careful consideration of the 

 efforts now being made in the interest 

 of preserving and caring for our future 

 timber supply. We pledge our earnest 

 cooperation in every practical plan for 

 the better handling of our forest prop- 

 erties, and urge our membership to 

 labor with their respective state govern- 

 ments for enactment of such laws as 

 will tend to the fullest encouragement 

 of all practical reforestation effort. 



' ' We most heartily endorse the great 

 work sought to be done by our national 

 government in theAppalachiandistricts, 

 and believe a careful study of the plans 

 under way there will greatly enthuse 

 all who seek knowledge of means for 

 bequeathing to posterity some of the 

 rich blessings so freely bestowed upon 

 our own generation. 



' ' We hereby endorse our hearty ap- 

 preciation of the great interest the Presi- 

 dent of the United States has manifested 

 in all questions relating to our industry, 

 and extend to the Bureau of Forestry 

 our thanks for its efforts in our behalf, 

 and especially to its efficient head, Mr. 

 Gifford Pinchot, for his address and the 

 many courtesies he has so graciously 

 bestowed." 



IRA CARLEY, Chairman. 

 J. A. FREEMAN. 

 C. C. YAWKEY. 



The delegates to the convention vis- 

 ited the Bureau of Forestry, at the in- 

 vitation of Mr. Pinchot. 



Tree Planting A planting plan has re- 

 in Alabama. cently been prepared by 

 the Bureau of Forestry 

 for i, 800 acres of land in Cullman 

 county, Alabama, owned by Emil Ahl- 



richs, and valued at from $1.25 to $3 

 per acre. The planting will be done in 

 several different localities in Cullman 

 county. Work will begin as soon as 

 growth ceases next fall, and will con- 

 tinue through the winter, except in 

 freezing weather. The first season's 

 work will include the planting of forest- 

 collected Loblolly Pine seedlings on a 

 tract of 1 60 acres of open woods. Two 

 hundred and eighty acres w r ill be planted 

 with Chestnut and White and Post Oak. 

 A seed bed will be prepared for the rais- 

 ing of Loblolly Pine for a tract of 640 

 acres, as it is not considered advisable 

 to use much stock collected from the 

 forest. 



The point upon which all this plant- 

 ing is based is that while immense quan- 

 tities of Loblolly Pine are being cut, 

 there is little or no reproduction, due 

 chiefly to annual fires set to improve 

 the pasture. Mr. Ahlrichs will have a 

 fire- patrol system, and will also treat a 

 tract of 640 acres to improve the natural 

 reproduction by the prevention of fires. 



Labor may be obtained at $15 per 

 month ; hence the work can be done at 

 very small cost. It is calculated that 

 the planting will cost only from $2 to $3 

 per acre. 



Loblolly Pine is to be planted for the 

 production of construction lumber, 

 Chestnut for posts and telegraph poles, 

 and Oak for railroad ties. 



Forestry in William L. Hall, Chief 

 New Mexico, of the Division of Forest 

 Extension of the Bu- 

 reau of Forestry, has just returned from 

 a trip to New Mexico, made at the re- 

 quest of J. J. and H. J. Hagerman, 

 principal members of the South Spring 

 Ranch and Cattle Company, which owns 

 a big ranch near Roswell, in the Pecos 

 River Valley, one of the richest and best 

 irrigated regions in the territory. The 

 company wants to raise trees on a part 

 of its irrigated lands, both for fence 

 posts and for shade and ornamental pur- 

 poses. Mr. Hall made a planting plan 

 for 450 acres. The trees to be planted 

 for fence posts will be Hardy Catalpa; 

 those to be planted for shade and orna- 

 ment will be hardwoods, such as Black 



